If you are looking to print them on a plotter roll of paper, Costco has poster sizes for less than it will cost at a copy shop.
Some stores do have a "draft" print option for a lightweight bond paper with only black ink.
When pricing plotter paper printing you want to find the cost by the "linear foot" rather than the "square foot" because then you are paying for the length of the roll of...

I've run all three Against the Giants adventures by using the entire map for a level at once, once by drawing the maps on poster-sized graph paper from Office Max, and twice printing them on 11x17" tabloid paper at Office Max and FedEx. They are gigantic when printed at scale, and a lot of fun to run.
Drawing them was the most time consuming. The tiled poster on a FedEx printer was the fastest...

Wednesday, 22nd May, 2019

I've run all three Against the Giants adventures by using the entire map for a level at once, once by drawing the maps on poster-sized graph paper from Office Max, and twice printing them on 11x17" tabloid paper at Office Max and FedEx. They are gigantic when printed at scale, and a lot of fun to run.
Drawing them was the most time consuming. The tiled poster on a FedEx printer was the fastest and cheapest.
You might need to go to the shop a couple times to get someone who can help. Make sure the clerk knows how to make the poster setting for the prints, so if it doesn't work you aren't charged.
This map is mostly tan and gray. Honestly, I don't think you'll lose much printing it in black and white. I did that for the ice and fire giants adventures and used markers to color key elements.
When you tile a poster to print it as smaller sheets, select the tray for 11x17" tabloid paper rather than 8.5x11" typing paper because that will cut the number of sheets you need to in half. The price sh...

Wednesday, 18th April, 2018

Thanks, what I am looking for is something where I can mechanically use a Heavy Blade for reach and then switch to the Katana up close. I somehow missed that PF used the 'Heavy'/'Light' Blade distinction. I'm familiar with it from 4e, in which a Glaive is a Heavy Blade with reach. (Is the Glaive missing, or somehow not 'heavy' in your campaign?)
A fighter in my old group's c2009 campaign used a glaive re-skinned as a Naginata and a greatsword re-skinned as a No-dachi (or however you spell each of those). Mostly the latter, though, as reach wasn't quite the advantage in 4e as in 3.x/PF. FWIW.

Wednesday, 7th June, 2017

If I wanted to allow modifying psychic powers like the Magic system, do you have any thoughts on cost since characters have more PP per Psi Attribute than MP per Magic Attribute? Maybe 3x the MP modifier cost to a spell to change a Psionic Power would be simple to do on the fly.
It's worth remembering that, unless the exploit says otherwise, a psionic exploit costs power points to use equal to (at least) the PSI value required to purchase it. Thus some exploit that says "requires PSI 10" costs 10 PP to use.
No thoughts on a 'system' approach for adding new psionic powers, but for the specific effect you want (pushing a bunch of people away at once), several psionic abilities seem to provide some reasonable guidance on how to fashion it. Pyrokinetic Burst affects everyone within a 5' range of the target and could easily serve as a template for a concussive/push power instead of a damage power (maybe instead of 1d6 damage per 2 PP, the push power gives you 1d6 effective strength per 2 PP or something l...

Tuesday, 6th June, 2017

Thanks, that is good to know.
If I wanted to allow modifying psychic powers like the Magic system, do you have any thoughts on cost since characters have more PP per Psi Attribute than MP per Magic Attribute? Maybe 3x the MP modifier cost to a spell to change a Psionic Power would be simple to do on the fly.
You mean to power magic spells from OLD with psionic points from NEW? Or am I misunderstanding the question?

Wednesday, 21st May, 2014

Right. For me, the JJA series is the Alternate Universe and the EU is the real Star Wars. There is great content there that I seriously doubt will be matched by the new movies.
That's my plan, too. There are decades worth of material from the EU that can be used in a campaign. The JJA adaptation is probably not going to include most of the more interesting things that I like to explore in campaigns, like the other Force traditions (beyond the Sith).
I'm sure I'll end up watching the movies, but I won't incorporate them into my campaigns unless they have some seriously interesting ideas, which they probably won't.

Tuesday, 13th May, 2014

Please share it! I am thinking of doing a similar very-light TF one shot.
I'm putting the finishing touches on the system right now. I've got it just about rounded out to 10 pages with ~5000 words. It mostly needs some spiffy formatting. Both of which my wife will be doing for me when she has a chance. I would expect to have it in a beta stage later this week along with a character sheet.

Wednesday, 30th April, 2014

Roll with this, as a way to make a new character.
Do the characters know that their abilities have changed?
Maybe your caster, with insight into the strange mysteries of the universes, remembers the way things used to be and can't live with it. This leads to erratic behavior as caution is thrown to the wind. Death, and a replacement character, are then inevitable. Unless he doesn't let PCs die, which is another problem.
I don't think it ever actually happened in my games, but if a player wanted to change PC, I'd let her do so freely.
I don't DM to provide enjoyment for the players, I DM to provide enjoyment for myself and my friends. I don't put myself before them but I don't put them before myself.
That said, I really believe that my plans are not so important that they cannot be changed. As a matter of fact, my "plans" are normally about the playstyle, the campaign themes and flavor, and sometimes a few key ideas that can be either narrative or functional. My "plans" are not...